Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in Missouri

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Facility Name Description Activities American Jazz Museum This new 50,000-square-foot museum complex has opened at the intersection of 18th and Vine Streets, paying homage to the area known as the cultural and economic center of Kansas City's  more... Museum/Visitor Center Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge The Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge is growing. Established in 1994, the refuge has grown to 10,400 acres. Like pearls on a string, these acres are spread out as individual units along  more... Fishing , Hunting Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge The 3750-acre Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge is adjacent to the Mississippi River. Although it is protected by a levee, the refuge provides flood storage in periods of high water. Refuge  more... Autotouring , Wildlife Viewing Great River National Wildlife Refuge The Great River National Wildlife Refuge protects approximately 11,600 acres along 120 miles of the Mississippi River, stretching north of St. Louis, Missouri. Three separate units are located in the  more... Hunting Harry S Truman National Historic Site Harry S Truman National Historic Site includes the Truman Home in Independence, Missouri, and the Truman Farm Home in Grandview, Missouri. Both units are within the Kansas City metropolitan area  more... Museum/Visitor Center Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Jefferson National Expansion Memorial consists of the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion, and St. Louis' Old Courthouse. During a nationwide competition in 1947-48, architect Eero  more... Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Located in the upper end of the lower Mississippi River valley, Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, at 21,676 acres, is the only large remnant of bottomland hardwoods remaining out of an original 2 1/2  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Neosho National Fish Hatchery The Neosho National Fish Hatchery (NFH), established in 1888, is the oldest operating Federal Fish Hatchery in the U.S. Neosho was chosen for the hatchery site because of access to spring water and  more... Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge, located twenty miles west of Springfield in Lawrence County, MO, was acquired in 1991 to protect a Federally endangered species, the Ozark cavefish. Turnback  more... Ozark National Scenic Riverways Ozark National Scenic Riverways was created by an Act of Congress on August 24, 1964, to protect 134 miles of the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers in the Ozark Highlands of southeastern Missouri. The  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Fishing , Groceries and Supplies , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Hunting , Lodging , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Restaurants and SnackBar , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing

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